9th-8th century BCE
10 cm (3 15/16 in.)
Harry J. Denberg, New York, NY (by 1969), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1969.
Light gray and reddish brown translucent nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChineseGilt bronze and rock crystal
12th-14th centuryJapaneseGray-green nephrite with light and dark brown cloud-like markings
3rd millennium BCEChineseBone-colored nephrite blade; bronze haft inlaid with turquoise
12th-11th century BCEChineseOpaque, light greyish brown stone with black veins, resembling old wood
16th-14th century BCEChineseGreenish, partly discolored nephrite
14th-11th century BCEChinesePale green, blackish brown, and russet nephrite with minor flaws
19th-20th centuryChineseMottled bluish gray-green nephrite with darker markings
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseCream-colored nephrite with light brown and gray markings
5th-3rd century BCEChineseCreamy gray-green and green nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseMottled bluish green nephrite that has largely turned to an opaque, light buff color with dark brown markings
14th-8th century BCEChineseStone
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